Grief
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One week represents the worst time of my life. My father suffered from a heart attack June of 2014 and spent a long seven days in the hospital, before my family decided to let him go. Since then, I have not been able to leave the themes of death and grief out of my artwork. Grief is not phases, it is a never ending cycle. I used flowers as a representation of my grief as a reminder of the flowers received after funerals. Watching them die is part of grief all in its own. I started this installation, imagining them in a spiral shape, becoming more lively when moving outwards as my process of overcoming my grief. But through the time working on my flowers, I realized I was not overcoming it. The pain of grief was as fresh as that first week. I work through my grief and try to not let it overcome me. Growth is the most important part of grief because it reveals who you are and how you act in the ebb and flow of conflict.
Watercolor on Paper, Styrofoam mount